Dark Convoy (5.7)

Big Finish - Short Trips Season 5

The Doctor and Ace land on a WWII ship during a convoy in
the Atlantic. They fit right in by sheer chance, as usual, and become valued
members of the crew. And become involved in rescuing soldiers in the water and
a game of cat-and-mouse with a German U-boat. Everything is well done in the
production – well read by Sophie Aldred, the audio backdrop is atmospheric, the
characters are even somewhat fleshed out. However it is such an odd, almost
pointless story. They aren’t there for anything momentous. Ace lacks her usual
crusty exterior and cries about people. It’s very, very strange in terms of
plot and the way the Doctor and Ace are behaving. Very strange. It’s almost as
if this story was written for the 5th Doctor and Tegan but was
recast at the last minute. So I didn’t really like it all that much because of
that.